We really got a yin and yang this week didn't we. Christ. To the reviews!
Supergirl #65
I'm not happy about the proposed direction of the new Supergirl relaunch in September, but if issue #65 is the kind of garbage we can expect from the current series, by all means reboot it.
I had heard Kelly Sue Deconnick was a good writer. Not Brian Bendis caliber, but good. So I'm pretty disappointed by part 1 of this 3-parter. The foundation of the story is good: Supergirl has to infiltrate a college orientation in order to find out who has been kidnapping genius-level students. Its the execution and the poor characterization that does it in. Deconnick writes Supergirl as uptight and incapable of being a fun, normal girl like she's been written in every issue up until this one. "Crazy Aunt Lois" also doesn't act like Lois Lane. The entire story feels like Deconnick wrote these characters the way she wants them to be written, not the way they should be written keeping in line with the story.
We're also introduced to a student at said college named Henry Flyte who is eerily similar, but not nearly as funny or charming as Cappie from Greek. Being a Greek fan I appreciate the Cappie reference (if that's what it was) but its a poor adaptation.
And now the art... Jesus... this is what I've been talking about in regard to DC not being able to find capable artists. Of the millions of artists on the planet, THIS is the best you could do? Chriscross is our penciller. Yep. One word. Chriscross. His work is a bad cross between Dustin Nguyun and Patrick Gleason. Faces seem to be his rough patch. At least its not something important right?! Especially when he's trying to make them expressive and it winds up looking like Clayface is having a hard time keeping his form together. He is responsible for maybe my Panel of the Year which you can see below.
I should just stop getting this book now, but being a completist, I'm sure I'll suffer through the next two parts of this story. Fuck me.
I'm not happy about the proposed direction of the new Supergirl relaunch in September, but if issue #65 is the kind of garbage we can expect from the current series, by all means reboot it.
I had heard Kelly Sue Deconnick was a good writer. Not Brian Bendis caliber, but good. So I'm pretty disappointed by part 1 of this 3-parter. The foundation of the story is good: Supergirl has to infiltrate a college orientation in order to find out who has been kidnapping genius-level students. Its the execution and the poor characterization that does it in. Deconnick writes Supergirl as uptight and incapable of being a fun, normal girl like she's been written in every issue up until this one. "Crazy Aunt Lois" also doesn't act like Lois Lane. The entire story feels like Deconnick wrote these characters the way she wants them to be written, not the way they should be written keeping in line with the story.
We're also introduced to a student at said college named Henry Flyte who is eerily similar, but not nearly as funny or charming as Cappie from Greek. Being a Greek fan I appreciate the Cappie reference (if that's what it was) but its a poor adaptation.
And now the art... Jesus... this is what I've been talking about in regard to DC not being able to find capable artists. Of the millions of artists on the planet, THIS is the best you could do? Chriscross is our penciller. Yep. One word. Chriscross. His work is a bad cross between Dustin Nguyun and Patrick Gleason. Faces seem to be his rough patch. At least its not something important right?! Especially when he's trying to make them expressive and it winds up looking like Clayface is having a hard time keeping his form together. He is responsible for maybe my Panel of the Year which you can see below.
I should just stop getting this book now, but being a completist, I'm sure I'll suffer through the next two parts of this story. Fuck me.
Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #1
Damn. That was really fucking good.
The only Marvel books I buy on a regular basis are the ones written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. So I had some high hopes when I saw they'd be writing a couple Flashpoint stories in my own backyard of the DCU. They seriously justified all those high expectations.
DNA do a wonder job of writing the Amazons and Atlanteans as noble, regal, ancient races. The cores of Diana and Arthur are kept intact and I enjoyed this one issue of DNA's Diana more than I've enjoyed the actual Wonder Woman book since Strazcynski took it over. This story looks like it will be the prequel of how we get to where Aquaman and Wonder Woman are in the main Flashpoint title.
Scott Clark's artwork is very solid. The art team looks like they really put a lot of thought into the overall look and feel of the Amazon and Atlantean styles. Clark also does a really nice job drawing individual faces. You don't need a different outfit or hair color to determine who someone is.
If these are the kind of stories DC has planned coming out of Flashpoint into the relaunch, things may not be so bleak afterall.
Damn. That was really fucking good.
The only Marvel books I buy on a regular basis are the ones written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. So I had some high hopes when I saw they'd be writing a couple Flashpoint stories in my own backyard of the DCU. They seriously justified all those high expectations.
DNA do a wonder job of writing the Amazons and Atlanteans as noble, regal, ancient races. The cores of Diana and Arthur are kept intact and I enjoyed this one issue of DNA's Diana more than I've enjoyed the actual Wonder Woman book since Strazcynski took it over. This story looks like it will be the prequel of how we get to where Aquaman and Wonder Woman are in the main Flashpoint title.
Scott Clark's artwork is very solid. The art team looks like they really put a lot of thought into the overall look and feel of the Amazon and Atlantean styles. Clark also does a really nice job drawing individual faces. You don't need a different outfit or hair color to determine who someone is.
If these are the kind of stories DC has planned coming out of Flashpoint into the relaunch, things may not be so bleak afterall.
Panel(s) of the Week: First, the good panel...
Sexy. Yes, that's why its the Panel of the Week.
And now the bad panel:
Some background: a page earlier the girl in the background hurt her leg and Supergirl told her to keep it elevated. So at least there's some reason for her to be sitting like that. But... HOW DOES THAT GET THROUGH EDITORIAL?! Now, I love me some hot porno just as much as the next guy, but I don't expect to see it in my Supergirl comic. The colorist also left out the yellow polka dots that appear on her pants in every panel in the book but this one. Can someone tell me what's happening at my comic company?!
-Gint
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